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Supreme Court Clarifies Continuity of Laws Post Andhra Pradesh Bifurcation

3 Jan 20253 Jan 2025

On January 2, the Supreme Court ruled that all laws applicable to the erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh would continue to apply to the newly created States of Andhra Pradesh…

Supreme Court Dismisses Somnath Bharti’s Plea to Transfer Criminal Case from UP to Delhi, Emphasizes Need for Compliance with Court’s Jurisdiction

On Tuesday, November 12, 2024, the Supreme Court dismissed a transfer petition filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti, who sought to relocate…

GHAZIABAD CASE:- NO BASIC FACTS IN FIR BY UP POLICE

6 Jul 20216 Jul 2021

The Karnataka High Court lashed out at the UP Police without ascertaining even the basic facts about Manish and Twitter India's culpability in the matter. The judge specifically asked, Whether…

Lakshadweep Administration: Shift of jurisdiction from Kerala HC to Karnataka HC

The Lakshadweep Administration who has been facing lot of protests over some of its policies, is mooting regarding shift of legal jurisdiction over the islands from Kerala High Court to…

Writ of Mandamus cannot be issued for compensating every COVID victim: Madras HC

While hearing two pleas seeking compensation for the families of people that have died as a result of COVID, the Madras High Court held that it cannot issue a writ…

Delhi High Court: Facebook and WhatsApp plea are misconceived in challenging CCI order on privacy policy

Competition Commission of India stated that new WhatsApp policy would lead to excess data and and would lead to abuse of dominant position. Additional Solicitor General Aman Lekhi for the…

court Adjourns order on Stan swamy bail till 15 March

Yesterday, a special court hearing the matter of Elgar parishad case had adjourned the bail order of tribal rights activities Stan swamy and Jesuit priest till 15 March as the…

Petition filed in Supreme Court challenging the abolishment of 1 Year LLM course

The recent notification of the Bar Council of India abolished the 1 year LLM course. The new rules of 2020 seek to abolish the 1 year master degree in Law,…

Supreme Court rules that only in rare and exceptional cases the High court can exercise its power under Article 226/227

In the case of Bhaven Constructions v. Executive Engineer Sarsar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd., the Supreme Court has observed the power of High Court to interfere with arbitration process under…

In conflict between private and public interest, the later will prevail

"It is settled law that wherever there is conflict between the private interest and the larger public interest, the later prevails over the former", the Court said.In case of Omesh…